John J Murphy Scholarship

Food Shippers of America

2020 John J. Murphy Scholarship Application is now available.

We are pleased to announce the continuation of the
John J Murphy Scholarship.

John Murphy was one of the long standing members of the Food Shippers of America organization both as a food manufacturer and as the Executive Director. John spent over 40 years in the transportation industry of which the last half was at The Borden Food Company where he retired in 1995. After John retired he spent 14 years as the Executive Director of Food Shippers of America

John’s impact and contributions to the organization included:

Ambassador for the food industry

Facilitated the combining of the rail/3PL and motor carrier conference in 1997

Grew the organization from 150 to the 800+ it is today

Instrumental in transforming the organization to become more interactive and collaborative by doubling the shipper/receiver participation

Voice and visionary of the organization

Friend and mentor to hundreds of food logistics professionals

Most importantly he understood, progressed and protected the mission and values of the Food Shippers of America to be an educational resource that could be influential in driving change in the industry.